OUIHP Update Jennifer Cooper Acting Director Office of Urban Indian Health Programs Indian Health Service

Office of Urban Indian Health Programs urbanconfer@ihs.gov Jennifer Cooper, Acting Director jennifer.cooper@ihs.gov Sherriann Moore, Deputy Director sherriann.moore@ihs.gov Rick Mueller, Health System Specialist rick.mueller@ihs.gov Cynthia Perez, IT Specialist (RPMS), OIT/Office of Urban Indian Health Programs cynthia.perez@ihs.gov

Indian Health Care Improvement Act September 30, 1976 SEC. 501. (25 U.S.C. 1651) The purpose of this title is to establish programs in urban centers to make health services more accessible to urban Indians. Authorized $10,000 in FY 1979

Urban Indian Health Programs Today Urban Indian Health Program FY 2015 Budget: $43.6 million. 33 UIHPs provided services to 126,310 patients including 53,408 AI/AN. UIHPs employ over 1,604 FTEs. UIHPs performed 529,983 visits including medical, dental, behavioral health, other professional, and enabling services directly or by paid referral.

Transition: September 2014 - Today 4 Dear Urban leader Letter 3 In-person sessions with IHS Director & numerous Area sessions. Confer Policy FY 2015 $2.875 increase Budget Increase Evaluation of program data reporting and collecting Data Reporting

Improved Data Reporting IHS Urban Indian Health Program 40 Year Anniversary & beyond - What will the future hold? Improved Data Reporting Stronger Partnership ?

“In every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generation” From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy